“According to information available to us, five have died: the bus driver, the tour guide, the head of the Group, and two teenagers while 17 are injured, including five in grave condition. This is the information we received from the Belgium crisis center. According to their information, the bus was carrying 43 people”, Shchegolkova said.

The bus accident occurred on Sunday morning. International media reports said a Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters aged 15-17 crashed off a highway in Ranst near the northern port of Antwerp, killing at least five.